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Bily Clocks Museum
P.O. Box 258
Spillville, IA 52168
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Traveler Description: Historic house where Dvorak stayed during his American visit now houses a beautiful collection of carved wooden clocks. more »
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Attraction type: Specialty museum
Address: P.O. Box 258 Spillville, IA 52168
Tel: 563-562-3569

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“Two museums in one and a must for classical music lovers”
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5 of 5 stars
JohnTheBear   4,349 contributions
Toronto, Canada
Nov 2, 2008

The wonderful carved clocks downstairs are worth a visit in and of themselves. However, this house that houses them is very important for what happened before they were there! This is the building in which Dvorak composed the American Quartet and his String Quintet, both of which draw heavily on the great Czech composers feel for Native American melody and... more

“Bily Clock Museum: A Diamond in the Rough”
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5 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Member
Ames, IA
Jul 17, 2004
4/5 found this review helpful

The Bily Clock Museum is one of the best kept secrets in NE Iowa! These two brothers made some incredibly ornate clocks in their "spare time." I'll admit that I was under diress going to this museum and almost did not want to stay the 20 minutes 'til the tour started! I am glad that I did though. The first... more

“Loved it.”
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4 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Member
Meservey, Iowa
Jun 29, 2004
4/6 found this review helpful

We were to Bily Clocks on Sunday, June 27th; it has been years since I was to Spillville and to the museum. There is a lot of history for the small town in that museum. The clocks are beautiful. As a child my family visited there, in grade school that was one of our field trips, and now taking our... more

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Bily Clocks Museum Address

P.O. Box 258, Spillville, IA 52168
Tel: 563-562-3569